The purpose of these files is to report the UFO eyewitness
and photo/video evidence that occurs on a daily basis around the world
and in space. UFOs reported over Iraq. Dr. Herman Oberth the Father of
the Space Age says UFOs exist, Russian Pravda reveals attacks on UFOs and
Soviet KGB UFO Research Centers, Maryland - blinking lights, Florida -
Marine has missing time, Ohio - amazing photographs, Texas - miniature
UFO saucer flies up to witness, Canadian - newspaper article about Brian
Vike says and UFOs, Columbia - UFOs seen by eighty witnesses, Argentina
cattle mutilations return, England - blue sphere crashes toward earth,
New Zealand disc with colored lights, and UFO Disclosure survey results
poll

THE MAJOR FIGHTING IS OVER IN IRAQ AFTER UFOs SEEN

NAJAF -- According to Joseph Trainor editro of UFO Roundup,
on March 27, 2003, an oblong luminous UFO hovered over the holy city of
Najaf located about 60 miles south of Baghdad not far from the ancient
city of Babylon. A photo showing the unknown object, with a G.I. of the
3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division pointing at it with his forefinger,
appeared in the newspaper Euronews. UFO Roundup correspondent Mohammed
Hajj al-Amdar stated, "The UFO's appearance caused great excitement
among the Shiites who saw it. They said it had come from Allah's Gardens
of Bliss to protect the Tomb of Ali." Najaf is a holy city to Shiite
Muslims because of the golden-domed mosque that stands over the grave of
Ali, the son-in-law of the prophet Mohammed. Babylon and ancient Babylonia
are located in present day Iraq. The looting of the museums is a great
tragedy and every effort should be made to recover the lost artifacts..

On Sunday, April 6, 2003, UFO Roundup reports that about
1 AM, Baghdad time, five cylindrical UFOs were seen hovering over the Khulfafa
mosque in the Shebab district, on the east bank of the Tigris River. The
faintly luminous cylinders were "caught by a fixed, night-vision camera"
and aired live on FOX TV(which would have been 4 PM, April 5, 2003 in the
USA- Thanks to Joseph Trainor- Volume 8, #16, April 16, 2003.)

DR HERMAN OBERTH FATHER OF SPACE AGE SAYS UFOs EXIST

Editor's Correction: Last week, I gave a quote attributed
to Professor Oberth, stating "We find ourselves faced by powers which
are far stronger than we had hitherto assumed, and whose base is at present
is unknown to us..." Although he said something similar to this in
an interview with MUFON's Antonio Huneeus, I was unable to reach Antonio
to verify the exact quote. Therefore, I stand corrected, however, Oberth
specifically stated for publication, "It is my thesis that flying
saucers are real and that they are space ships from another solar system.
I think that they possibly are manned by intelligent observers who are
members of a race that may have been investigating our earth for centuries.
I think that they possibly have been sent out to conduct systematic, long-range
investigations, fir of men, animals, vegetation and more recently of atomic
centers, armaments and centers of armament production" "Flying
Saucers Come from a Distant World" The American Weekly, October 24,
1954.

In Paris Flammond's book, "UFO Exist!" Oberth
is quoted as saying, "These objects (UFO) are conceived and directed
by intelligent beings of a very high order. They do not originate in our
solar system, perhaps not in our galaxy." From a Press Conference
in Innsbruck, Austria June 1954.

Ole Henningsen writes from Denmark, "Professor Hermann
Oberth was a strong believer in UFOs = spaceships and he attended UFO-conferences
and held lectures about his belief. I personally heard two of his lectures,
one in 1966, in Denmark arranged by SUFOI, and one in Germany in 1967,
arranged by Karl L. Veit. Close to Nueremberg, Germany, there is a museum
devoted to him and his "rocket-life". According to my files,
Hermann Oberth stated (translated from his Danish lecture manuscript dated
May 1, 1966): "Regarding the UFOs, there is only one explanation,
which until now has not been refuted, namely the Major Keyhoe-hypothesis,
that UFOs are spaceships from other planets." But he always in his
lectures strongly supported a scientific approach to the UFO-phenomenon.
His first appearance with an UFO-lecture was at the DUIST- conference
in Wiesbaden, Germany, in 1960, as far as I know. Mr. Karl L. Veit from
the German organization DUIST used in some way Hermann Oberth and his celebrity
to promote DUIST and UFO-Nachrichten. Oberth appeared in more DUIST-conferences
during the sixties. I had a short correspondence with Hermann Oberth in
1987. He answered my question, but he also told that due to his age and
weakness he was not any more able to devote any time to UFOs.

He died on December 29, 1989, at the age of 95. His
most widely recognized contribution to space-travel was his book published
in 1923, "The Rocket into Planetary Space." He later on published
books on other topics. Hermann Oberth joined the Wernher von Braun-team
at the V-2 rocket complex in Peenemünde, Germany, during WW II, and
thereafter the U. S. Army's Ballistic Missile Agency in Huntsville, Alabama.
A short period Von Braun was his assistant during the 1930's. Oberth
retired in 1958 to the town of Feucht, in Germany. I visited his museum:
http://www.oberth-museum.org/museum_e.htm. Thanks to Ole Henningsen SUFOI
Denmark

PRAVDA REVEALS ATTACKS ON UFOs AND KGB RESEARCH

In the April 1, edition of Pravda, Russian journalist
Dimitri Sudakov claims that the attacks mounted by the military against
UFOs are always unfruitful. In his article, UFOs Impossible, Sudakov reviews
at least five real and documented incidents of attacks by military aircraft
against UFOs, where they suffered no known damage. The journalist indicates
that the first incident took place in October of 1944 in Europe. US Air
Force pilots encountered several ball-like UFOs in the airspace. Pilots
decided that they saw new secret Nazi weapon, which was rumored a lot back
in those days. Americans opened fire on those balls, although no bullet
managed to cause any damage to them. Sudakov offers in its article concrete
evidence that guarantee the reality of these facts, including the commission
opened by Sir Winston Churchill in England in 1952 to investigate to the
UFOs. Apparently, he was worried because no military weapons could damage
the extraterrestrial craft.

Pravda also reports the KGB ordered 4 million soldiers
to watch the sky in search of UFOs until the dissolution of the KGB and
the Soviet Union in 1990.. Yuri Andropov, leader of the Ex- Soviet Union's
KGB showed an acute interest in the UFO and ordered the creation of a program
that lasted 13 years that forced each soldier to monitor the Russian sky
in search of sightings. Igor Sinitsin, who worked with Andropov for six
years in the Politburo, revealed that the Soviet leader maintained a file
on the UFOs in his daily agenda. Sinitsin added that the KGB controlled
what was published on this subject in many other countries. Both military
and civilian UFO research centers were created under the direction of the
KGB. Thanks to: http://english.pravda.ru/society/2003/04/01/45389.html

MARYLAND BLINKING LIGHTS

BALTIMORE -- The witness reports, "I was driving
home from the night club where I work on April 3, 2003, at about 3:05 AM,
when I saw lights coming towards me from an unusual direction." As
I exited unto I 695 east and drove east for two miles the object which
looked like dull white car headlights hovered. As I approached the Francis
Scott Key Bridge, I also saw two pulsating smaller white lights blinking
on opposite sides. There was no sound coming from the object and the smaller
light next to the road was only 30 feet off the ground. As I slowed my
truck to get a closer look the lights were in a round pattern. The object
was just to my right over Fort Smallwood and 200 feet high. As I slowly
approached the bridge the still stationary object disappeared from my sight
as I went unto the bridge and when I got to the other side of the bridge
the object had disappeared. This object was not moving and didn't make
any sound. I never have been scared of visible lights like this before
especially for me to pull over close to underneath the object and get a
closer look. Thanks to Peter Davenport <http://www.nuforc.org/>www.UFOCENTER.com

GEORGIA STRANGE LIGHTS IN THE CAR

MERIWETHER COUNTY -- On Sunday, April 13, 2003, my brother
and his wife were driving in my Ford Explorer on a Highway 41. We left
the town of Warm Springs, and headed northwest to Greenville on a two lane
road that is very isolated rural road. At the "blink of an eye,"
a hoard of bright red lights manifested inside my SUV. I panicked initially,
and slowed my speed to around 30 miles per hour. I felt some sense of
security as I had two passengers with me. My sister-in-law yelled out,
"Pull over, are those police lights?" There was no police car
and no other activity. It was 9:15 PM, there were hundreds of extremely
erratic small red strobing lights. Some had short laser-like beam qualities
as might be seen in some high-end disco club. All three of us announced
we were all experiencing this event. I felt this was not of this World!
My sister-in-law was in a panorama of bright red lights, in the back seat,
but none of the lights were in the trunk area. The same lights were on
my brorther's feet and legs, the floor board was a hue of red. I looked
out the window and over the dash board onto the hood and did not see any
activity outside. This event lasted about 20 seconds and ceased, as quick
as the onset, when a vehicle appeared in the distance. Thanks to Peter
Davenport <http://www.nuforc.org/>www.UFOCENTER.com

FLORIDA MARINE HAS MISSING TIME

MIAMI-- John Burch writes, I served in the Seventh Marines
in Korea and when I returned to the US, I had guard duty for President
Truman. They don't let crazy people stand next to President with a loaded
45 revolver on his hip, so here is my story.

"In October of 1952, I was on liberty in Miami and
was sitting on the lawn swing with my girl friend about 9 PM in her backyard.
Not more than five minutes passed when I had the feeling that I had blinked
out, and was back on the swing in a millisecond. As I sat wondering I
realized our conversation had suddenly stopped and above our heads something
was starting to illuminate. About six hundred feet above us was a disk
shaped craft the size of a dish plate at arm's length. It was motionless,
but the perimeter was illuminated by a faint blue light that appeared to
come from the top center. The light started to brighten as if turned by
a rheostat. As the light around the perimeter brightened the craft started
to slowly rotate up to the southwest and as it rotated the light glow was
changing from blue to a bright orange red. The glow of the light was like
a source of energy as opposed to illumination. It sat motionless for about
ten seconds than shot into the sky and disappeared among the stars in a
split second. I couldn't

While I tried to grasp the wonder of what just happened,
my girlfriend started crying hysterically and jumped out of the swing.
She cried, "We just saw a flying saucer!" She insisted we call
the Miami Herald to report it, but their were not other reports. Just
then her parents came home and we told them the story. They acted like
I had drugged their daughter, and looking at the clock they suggested I
leave, because it was after midnight. We had three hours of unexplained
missing time. I was a confused young man because I know we had been on
the swing for just five minutes. I retired in 1988, and have had six sightings
since then. Thanks to John Burch, JonJon@cyberstreet.com

OHIO - AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHS

During the last several years, George W. Ritter has taken
numerous photographs of various types of flying cigars, saucers and strange
looking craft. These are almost always moving at high speed and difficult
to determine their exact size and dimensions. Similar vehicles have been
captured on video indicating the UFOs are moving at tremendous speed.
The foreground remains in focus indicating this is not caused by camera
movement. Photos can be seen in views: <http://www.nationalufocenter.com/files/2002/index.php>Filer's
Files UFO Center Views

TEXAS - MINIATURE FLYING SAUCER

COLLEGE STATION -- Erik writes, "I had a UFO encounter
in 1965, with a flying saucer that was only 18 inches wide and a few inches
high. I saw it flying over a field of grain near the New Braunsfels River.
I was near a field with many steers and was not too far from Texas A &
M. University. The saucer was flying over the grasses and came toward
me and then stopped abruptly only two feet from me. I stood there stupefied
in awe. I tried to grab it sneakily, but it sensed my intention within
a second or more of my attempt and took off like a shot and left the area.
Thanks to Erik Ekstrom.

CALIFORNIA UFO SIGHTINGS

SACRAMENTO -- Hi, my name is Spencer and I had a UFO
sighting on January 14, 2002 at 7:01 PM, on the Garden Highway going to
a King's game. The shape of the ship was an acute triangle moving about
20 MPH. It had four lights, one on each corner and one big blue one in
the center.

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Thanks to Spencer

LOS ALAMOS -- The witness reports seeing two F-16's pursue
a cigar-shaped object in the skies over Los Alamos, on April 5, 2003, at
12:15 PM. The witness says, "I was outside when I heard the roar
of jet engines from Vandenberg Air Force Base, but these were unusually
loud. I looked up and saw two low and fast flying F-16's in pursuit of
a small cigar-shaped object that was ahead of them by about 500 feet.
I watched as they continued to chase the object until they went over the
mountains. Thanks to Peter Davenport <http://www.nuforc.org/>www.UFOCENTER.com

CANADA HIWAY 16 MAGAZINE ARTICLE ABOUT BRIAN VIKE

BRITISH COLUMBIA -- He's not weird and he does not sleep
with a tinfoil cap on his head, although some of his friends do cower and
point to the sky when they see him. Houston resident, Brian Vike began
his interstellar interest as an amateur astronomer, an attraction that
would lead him to become one of B.C.'s leading Ufologists. Today he is
the Director of HBCC UFO Research. He is a weekly guest on radio talk shows
across North America, has been filmed and interviewed for Canada's Life
Network and has been contacted by CBC TV for a future interview. Retiring
from a job at the local Houston mill due to a back injury in 1982, Brian
found himself with lots of spare time on his hands. Three years ago, he
decided to create a web page, one that expressed his own curiosity about
unsolved mysteries in the world. The site includes pictures of UFOs and
stories of strange events he wants to share with others and encouraged
people to call with their stories. Good timing for Brian. In 2002 Houston
became a virtual "interstellar hotbed" of unexplained bright,
moving lights, large, hovering "disk or cigar-shaped objects"
and over one hundred witnesses willing to report their experiences.

It was a record number of sightings, putting Houston
B.C. in 4th place on the Canadian UFO Survey's Top Ten list. There were
483 sightings for all of Canada, with 173 of those in B.C., and 100 of
those just from the North. Brian tells me, "B.C. usually is the hot
spot every year." Heads up, I say! As a volunteer field investigator,
Brian receives calls at his home in Houston. He keeps a list of quick questions
beside his phone to ask the caller. Size, altitude, flight directions,
color, sound, distance, and exact time of the sighting. Brian then begins
an investigation. One couple in Smithers reported 2 objects floating over
Hudson Bay Mountain, Brian used the computer program Heavens Above to discover
that what they saw were planets. "They said they felt stupid,"
says Brian," but I told them, 'Oh, no! This is great. We've solved
something here'." http://www.hiway16.com/magazine2/pages/Debi/ExTerr/ExTerr1.htm

HOUSTON --Brian Vike writes, "Boy do I have a case
in my hot little hands. I received a large parcel today in the postal mail.
This looks like a possible abduction case. Or from what I have here,
it is 95 pages of documented goodies. Plus samples of clothing to be tested.
I think this could be one of the biggest cases I have had yet!

TERRACE -- A witness contacted Brian saying, "When
I read the Terrace Standard Newspaper April 2, 2003, on an article called:
Was there a mass UFO sighting?, I said to myself that is what I saw. In
the middle of March 2003 between 7:30 PM and 8:00 PM, I was out in my backyard
and saw this bright glowing object moving around in a fast downward movement.
The object was falling between the backyards of 4800 Block Tuck Ave. or
McConnell Avenue. It was falling down fast like a shooting star or a meteor
and I was waiting to hear an explosion. I didn't hear anything and read
the article about the UFO sighting in the Terrace Standard , I knew I saw
something that night. It was down low and glowing. Thanks to Brian Vike
HBCC UFO Research Editor: Canadian Communicator Toll Free Canadian UFO
Hotline: 1-866-262-1989 Email - hbccufo@telus.net,

COLUMBIA - UFOs SEEN BY EIGHTY WITNESSES

JUAICA MOUNTAIN -- Edgar Maple reports that during a
UFO watch, several UFOs of orange color were sighted in the Tabio region
of Cundinamarca. The Contact UFO Group made up of eighty people and directed
by investigator William Cháves saw UFOs during a watch on Saturday,
March 15, 2003, from the 22:45 to 00:20 hours. They initially observed
orange lights, then later from same location smaller lights were caught
on video magnetic tape. Minutes later it was possible to observe small
bluish lights like currents rising from the ground. In a space of ten
minutes smaller inner lights changing form and size were seen. The eyewitnesses
were overwhelmed by the sight. Thanks to Edgar Maple. earce@cable.net.co

ARGENTINA MUTILATIONS RETURN

CUCHILLO CO -- TV producer Francisco FAZIO, reports
there are many animals being mutilated in Cuchillo-Co, La Pampa. Some
farmers and producers of the town of Lihuel Calel are upset by the repeated
bovine animal mutilations on their farms. A young producer who has her
field near Provincial Route 13, says, "I have had cattle mutilations
since April 2002, right up to April 13, 2003, of this year without interruption."
All Argentinean provinces have cattle mutilations with the same characteristics.
¨In 15 days I had six fat young black cows mutilated in a very good
field with last occuring on Tuesday only 500 meters from the street and
4 kilometers from my house. On Friday, in General Acha there were similar
mutilations¨. ¨They have perfect cauterized cuts of the testicles
and vagina¨. ¨Its very strange because there are strong shocks
on the body, similar to a hot fire¨. ¨These are no natural disease
causes, no dogs, no native people of La Pampa, no mouses, or natural disease,
causing this economic damnation. Its a big problem, say the farmers¨
By: Francisco Fazio. ufoargentina@yahoo.com.ar Teléfono: 00(54)(9)(2345)659644

ENGLAND - BLUE SPHERE CRASHES TOWARDS THE EARTH

LONDON -- Driving eastbound at 8 PM, on the 401 towards
London on April 4, 2003, the witness saw a blue sphere appear in the sky,
that accelerated towards the ground behind the treeline. There was a visible
blue streak which trailed the sphere that appeared to crash. Following
this, the area of the sky where the object 'crashed' was illuminated in
a blue light for several seconds. It could very well have been some type
of meteor, but the fact that there was this blue light associated with
the object and the illumination of the sky made the event quite strange.
This event occurred during a barrage of freezing rain, which hampered
visibility. I seem to only remember two or three other cars on the road
at the time. Thanks to Peter Davenport <http://www.nuforc.org/>www.UFOCENTER.com

BRIXHAM, DEVON -- We saw something weird over my sister's
house on April 5, 2003, while sitting outside drinking and chatting. It
was dark, but very clear at 9:20 PM. We were spotting planes and satellites
going over. I noticed something moving south - so I said, "There's
another one, but that's not a satellite," -- It grew in brightness
gradually over a period of ten seconds, becoming brighter than Jupiter,
which was also in the sky. This phenomena lasted for five more seconds
before it gradually faded in brightness and shot upwards at great speed
in a Star Trek warp style. Andy, Charlie and Mother saw it too. Thanks
to Nick nickrdavies@btopenworld.com

NEW ZEALAND DISC WITH COLORED LIGHTS

GISBORNE CITY -- On Saturday April 12, 2003, Laurence
Fleming reports that around 11: 50 PM, there was occasional cloud cover.
My wife had been outside our home and spotted this object and watched
for about 15 minutes. The object displayed a red to green, and yellow
color pattern, alternating frequently to blue as well. The object was
very bright in appearance and hovered in one particular part of the sky.
My wife called me, and I grabbed my new 10 X 50 binoculars focusing in
on this very distinct multi color light in the sky. I told her, "That
thing's some sort of craft". A spaceship or whatever was hovering
in close proximity, at low in altitude, with a very distinct shape. After
several minutes of observing this craft, it suddenly vanished and then
to our amazement, suddenly reappeared further away in the sky in less than
a second!! I haven't seen anything like that before! There was something
rotating on this object. The craft eventually was lost from our vision
by cloud cover. Regards Laurence Fleming.

UFO DISCLOSURE SURVEY RESULTS POLL

John Colaw -- Membership Director of Skywatch International
ended his survey poll April 9, 2003, contacting 740 participants with interviews
from 24 different news teams and radio shows from all over the world, which
helped keep the poll from being skewed to only UFO lists. The results:

1) Have you ever seen a UFO? Yes (384) 53% No
(191) 26% Possibly (147) 20%.

2) Do you know anyone who claims a UFO sighting? Yes
(549) 76% No (171) 24%

11) Do not believe in aliens (51) 7% Some good,
some bad (363) 51% Not sure, but let's be careful (227) 32%

12) If UFOs and Aliens are visiting, should the public
be told what governments know? Yes (587) 82% No (14) 2% Depends
(116) 16%

13) Do you believe there is a connection between Aliens
and Angels or Demons? Yes (176) 25% No (226) 32% Maybe (241)
34%

14) Do not believe they exist (73) 10% 14) Do you
suspect you may have been abducted? Yes (154) 21% No (459) 64%
Maybe (105) 15%

15) Do you want to know the truth regarding UFOs/Aliens?
Yes (687) 95% No (21) 3% Not sure (12) 2%

16) Do you have an open mind regarding the UFO/Alien
question? Yes (695) 94% No (46) 6%. Thanks to all those who contributed
to this effort, including Bill Hamilton and Cliff Capers of Skywatch, Filer's
Files, John Hayes of UFO Roundup. http://www.skywatch-International.org
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